Petroleum Transport driver - Cedar Rapids, IA

Job Description

Description:

We are growing and looking for a Petroleum driver within a 50-mile radius of Cedar Rapids, IA to deliver petroleum-based products in bulk, transport them via Semi-Truck and Trailer, and unload products at various customer locations. The position has a schedule of Sunday thru Thursday or Tuesday thru Saturday. Start time would be flexible.

Responsibilities:

Loading Petroleum products at refineries, ethanol plants, and bulk storage facilities.

Unloading Petroleum products at numerous customer locations such as gas stations, airports, refineries, and bulk storage facilities.

Ability to pump on and off petroleum and ethanol products using a Power Take Off.

Dropping, hooking and connecting trailers to semi-truck. This includes manually raising and lowering dolly legs on the trailer with up to 50 pounds of torque resistance.

Hooking up hoses and fittings to load and unload these Petroleum products safely and securely.

Checking customer tank levels prior to unloading to make sure tanks do not fill past 90% ullage.

Properly using vapor recovery hose at all loading and unloading locations.

Reaching, pulling and pushing Petroleum hoses weighing up to 50 lbs.

Climbing up ladder on trailer to check tank and levels and make sure the load is secured.

The maximum weight the ladder can accommodate is 450 pounds with a 200 pound at the top of the trailer.

Climbing in and out of Semi-Truck using 3 points of contact.

Loading exactly what petroleum products, appropriate quantities, and correct suppliers on all loads per dispatch instructions.

General conversations in English with dispatchers, customers, and loaders to accommodate their needs.

Physical Requirements:

Lifting up to 50 lbs. Stooping, bending, twisting, pulling, grasping

Climbing, Prolonged sitting

Required Qualifications:

Valid Class A - CDL driver’s license with tanker and hazmat endorsement.

Approved medical card via DOT certified doctor, PA, Chiropractor

DOT 49 CFR 171-180 formerly HM-126 training

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